Downtown Rome Roads to Close for Filming Friday

Several downtown Rome roads will be closed on Friday because of production filming of a Netflix show.

East Third Street and Fourth Avenue will be closed starting at 7 am and running to 7 pm.

East 3^rd Street will be closed between East 3^rd Avenue and East 5^th Avenue.  East 4^th Avenue will be closed between East 2^nd Street and East 4^th Street.

Andrew Kirk, City of Rome’s traffic/transit and public works committee is quoted to say, “We don’t think we’re going to use that closure the entire time…. The filming crew will actually come in maybe about 11 a.m. or noon and will go until about 4 or 5 p.m. At that point, we’ll start turning the neighborhood into what it originally was.”

Yards in the neighborhood will go through a transformation according to Kirk.

“Prep includes talking with the neighbors and putting different greenery in their yards.. It’s a period piece from the 1930s, so they want to make it look more 1930s-ish.”

If weather does not cooperate, filming will be moved to Saturday.

While there was no confirmation on what show is being filmed, it is said that it’s based on a movie and, play, and book that won a Pulitzer award.